net.sf.fikin.pojostate.format
Class FixedStringFormat

java.lang.Object
  java.text.Format
      net.sf.fikin.pojostate.format.FixedStringFormat

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

public class FixedStringFormat
extends java.text.Format

Prints a fixed string instead of actually formatting the input object.

This is useful when you want to print an error but you can't throw an exception. created on Jul 6, 2005

Since:

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

fiykov

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.text.Format

java.text.Format.Field

Constructor Summary

FixedStringFormat(java.lang.String message)
instantiate this formatter with given message.

FixedStringFormat(java.lang.String message, java.lang.Throwable err)
instantiate this formatter with given message.

Method Summary

java.lang.StringBuffer	format(java.lang.Object obj, java.lang.StringBuffer toAppendTo, java.text.FieldPosition pos) It does not format but rather prints out the given at construction time message.
java.lang.Object	parseObject(java.lang.String source, java.text.ParsePosition pos) not supported

Methods inherited from class java.text.Format

clone, format, formatToCharacterIterator, parseObject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FixedStringFormat

public FixedStringFormat(java.lang.String message)

instantiate this formatter with given message.

Parameters:

message - to be printed

FixedStringFormat

public FixedStringFormat(java.lang.String message,
                         java.lang.Throwable err)

instantiate this formatter with given message.

Parameters:

message - to be printed

err - to be printed

Method Detail

parseObject

public java.lang.Object parseObject(java.lang.String source,
                                    java.text.ParsePosition pos)

not supported

Specified by:

parseObject in class java.text.Format

Parameters:

source -

pos -

Returns:

null

format

public java.lang.StringBuffer format(java.lang.Object obj,
                                     java.lang.StringBuffer toAppendTo,
                                     java.text.FieldPosition pos)

It does not format but rather prints out the given at construction time message.

Specified by:

format in class java.text.Format

Parameters:

obj - has to be java.lang.Boolean

toAppendTo - to append the string representation of obj

pos - is irrelevant in this method

Returns:

updated toAppendTo